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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2890893, member: 19463&quot;]I do not agree with the destruction of fakes but believe they need to be shared and documented so they will not be unknown to the next generation.&nbsp; The Republican denarius below is an extremely common fake.&nbsp; I have seen a dozen offered online.&nbsp; This one had to be returned to get my refund so I no longer have it.&nbsp; Each specimen has the same poor centering and chippy flaws.&nbsp; Common fake.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]694707[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This Vetranio really fooled me but finding identical coins (not just die duplicates but identical in every way) showed it was a high end cast fake.&nbsp; It was also returned to the seller so all I have is the photo.&nbsp; Scary fake.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]694710[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Why would anyone make such a high quality fake of such an ordinary Probus?&nbsp; It fooled me and the seller until I saw it up close and decided the tiny pimples needed investigating.&nbsp; I found duplicates in the literature.&nbsp; Embarassing fake.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]694723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought my favorite fake on eBay properly identified as the fake it is.&nbsp; I believe this Zenobia Greek legend Provincial bronze was tooled on a very low grade Flavian Spes reverse as changing the portrait from a fat man to an unattractive woman and replacing the obverse legend which is exceptionally clear.&nbsp; The intent was to produce an Alexandrian tetradrachm with Elpis (Emmett 3911) so the SC was changed to read LE.&nbsp; It might be more deceptive if it were much thicker like a tetradrachm should be.&nbsp; Was the intent to make the only existing Zenobia drachm with very atypical fabric or did the faker really not know a tetradrachm should be chunky?&nbsp; Funny fake. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]694733[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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